diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2024-01-2024-03/packagekit.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-01-2024-03/packagekit.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5757fdde1e --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-01-2024-03/packagekit.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +=== PackageKit backend for FreeBSD pkg + +Contact: Gleb Popov + +PackageKit is a small D-Bus daemon program that serves as a backend for "application store" type of apps - most notably Plasma Discover and Gnome Software Center. +The latest PackageKit release features a libpkg backend, which means that you can now use PackageKit-enabled programs on FreeBSD to manage software. +Plasma Discover is already switched to using PackageKit, so you will get it working out of the box once you update your ports/packages. + +If you observe any crashes or bugs in PackageKit please let me know by link:https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/issues[opening an issue upstream]. +If you are interested in contributing, there is a lot of work to do too! + +Sponsor: Serenity Cybersecurity, LLC